Catching Bass on Coroxapa Beach Florida
C H Stratton describes surf fishing for bass at Coroxapa Beach Sullivan Ind era 1905. He notes warm days 68 to 75 degrees, nightly storms, and a family beach life. He gives practical tips on gear and tactics and mentions Ike Cashner and local Sullivan visitors. He reports Florida orange stocks intact and anticipates Sullivan colony’s return by April 1.
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Dr. Riggs
Ike Cashner
Cashner
Ike
Sullivan
Florida
J. F. Hoke
French Long
Cuba
Mr. Hoke
Indiana
C. H. Stratton
Year Without Summer 1816 Thaws Europe and America
The article chronicles the 1816 climate disaster, detailing monthly hardships from January through August. It notes record cold, frost, ice, and crop losses across states such as Vermont Maine New York Massachusetts and Indiana, plus widespread river floods and agricultural damage.
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Vermont
Maine
New York
Massachusetts
New Orleans
New England
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Europe
England
Oldest Sullivan couple A D Brown Merom marked fifty two years
Two Pioneer residents Mr and Mrs A D Brown of Merom celebrate fifty two years of marriage. They were wed near Lebanon Ohio in 1852 and moved to Sullivan County in 1868. Both born in 1831, they witness early threshering and saw mill era plus flat boat commerce on Busseron Creek and the Wabash river.
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Sullivan County
A. D. Brown
Merom
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Arkansas
Gill
Turman Townships
West
Busseron Creek
Wabash River
Wabash
New Orleans
The No Summer Year 1816 Described in Detail
A historical summary notes 1816 as a year with no summer. Corn crop failed in New England and Middle States, farmers fed on 1815 harvests priced 4 to 5 dollars a bushel. September mild, then frost and ice. October cold, frost common. November cold with sleighing. December mild. Winter mild. frost and ice all year. prices recorded: flour 18 dollars per barrel in Philadelphia, wheat 98 shillings per quarter in England.
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New England
Middle Sties
Middle States
Philadelphia
England
Turman Township Spring Term Teachers Listed
Turman township opens its spring term on March 28 with teachers for districts 1 through 13. Named educators include Ora Livvelies Murray Conner Maude Lester James A. Shaw Esther A. Moore George Bicknell Flo G. Ransford Grace McClure Essie Wilson Sadie Lovelace Penny A Apnett D T Gushitan C Roscoe Piety and D T Coungr as trustee.
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Turman Township
Pe Dist
Ora Livvelies
Murray Conner
We Penny
A. Apnett
D. T. Gushitan
C. Roscoe Piety
D. T. Coungr
William Gaskins Celebrates 77th Birthday in Curry Township
William Gaskins of Curry Township marked his 77th birthday with a dinner in his honor attended by family from Sullivan including daughter Mrs. Robert Kirkham and grandson Arb Kirkham. The article recounts Gaskins family history tracing to James Gaskins who relocated from Monroe county in 1885 and, with Elijah Gaskins and large families, built a one room log home on land later developed into the William Gaskins homestead, noting frontier life and scarce money.
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William Gaskins
Curry Township
Sullivan
Mr. Gaskins
Robert Kirkham
Arb Kirkham
James Gaskins
Monroe County
Charles Stevens
Llewellyn Gaskins
Elijah
Clark County
James
Dr Knapp to Visit Vincennes for Davenport and Couch Sale
Dr Knapp of Vincennes plans a visit to the McCammons House Friday March 24 at 7 a.m. A local ad promotes affordable Davenports and couches, with Scott Bras listed at 32-31.
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Dr. Knapp
Vincennes
McCammons
Scott
First Evansville Railroading Conductor Remembered in Madisonville
William Van Name, now retired in Madisonville Ohio, is the surviving first passenger conductor of the Evansville and Illinois railroad. He recalls early Indiana railroading details, including a 1855 conductor’s schedule, 1853 letters from Samuel Hall, and a 1861 timetable noting two daily Evansville to Terre Haute trains and rules then in force.
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Madisonville
Ohio
Cincinnati
Evansville & Illinois Railroad
Evansville
Crawfordsville
Iater
Transville & Terre Haute Railroad
William van Name
van Name
Indiana
Samuel Hall
Ilinois
Princeton
Hall
Vincennes
John E. Martin
John Ingle
Martin
J. J. Daniels
Daniels
Rockville
Mr. van Name
White River
Chambers
Evansville and
Terre Haute
John Ingle, Jr
Wealthy Sullivan County farmer recalls early marriage debt
William W. Higdon, 77, one of Sullivan county’s wealthiest farmers, recalls borrowing one dollar to secure his marriage license with his wife who had seventy five cents. The couple started poor but built a prosperous life, trading flax seed and dried apples, brick work, and orchard planting, while caring for eight daughters and one son, J. C. Higdon, now a farmer in Texas.
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Sullivan County
William W. Higdon
Billy
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Higdon
Kentucky Insurance Company
Lexington
Mineral Point
Wis
Asburys
Sanders Howard
Springer, Carruthers and Crowder’s
Sulphur
Springs
Texas
Charles Miller
St. Louis
Ed Thompson
Shelburn
Emma Martin
Hattie Downs
Curry Township
Stara
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